U.S. Route 220
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U.S. Route 220 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Rockingham, North Carolina, to Waverly, New York, passing through several Mid-Atlantic and Appalachian states.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U.S. Route 220 canonical | 7 |
| U.S. Route 220 in Pennsylvania | 2 |
| U.S. Route 220 in Maryland | 1 |
| U.S. Route 220 in Virginia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1813440 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 220 Context triple: [South Branch Potomac River, crossedBy, U.S. Route 220]
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A.
U.S. Route 219
U.S. Route 219 is a major north–south United States highway running from New York through Pennsylvania and other states, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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B.
U.S. Route 222
U.S. Route 222 is a north–south U.S. highway in Pennsylvania and Maryland that connects Reading and Lancaster with the greater U.S. Route 22 and Interstate 78 corridor near Allentown.
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C.
U.S. Route 422
U.S. Route 422 is a U.S. highway running through parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania, connecting cities such as Cleveland, Youngstown, and Reading.
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D.
U.S. Route 302
U.S. Route 302 is a U.S. highway in the northeastern United States that runs from Montpelier, Vermont, through New Hampshire, to Portland, Maine.
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E.
U.S. Route 250
U.S. Route 250 is a U.S. highway running generally northeast–southwest through several states in the eastern United States, connecting rural areas, small towns, and regional cities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: U.S. Route 220 Target entity description: U.S. Route 220 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Rockingham, North Carolina, to Waverly, New York, passing through several Mid-Atlantic and Appalachian states.
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A.
U.S. Route 219
U.S. Route 219 is a major north–south United States highway running from New York through Pennsylvania and other states, serving as an important regional transportation corridor.
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B.
U.S. Route 222
U.S. Route 222 is a north–south U.S. highway in Pennsylvania and Maryland that connects Reading and Lancaster with the greater U.S. Route 22 and Interstate 78 corridor near Allentown.
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C.
U.S. Route 422
U.S. Route 422 is a U.S. highway running through parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania, connecting cities such as Cleveland, Youngstown, and Reading.
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D.
U.S. Route 302
U.S. Route 302 is a U.S. highway in the northeastern United States that runs from Montpelier, Vermont, through New Hampshire, to Portland, Maine.
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E.
U.S. Route 250
U.S. Route 250 is a U.S. highway running generally northeast–southwest through several states in the eastern United States, connecting rural areas, small towns, and regional cities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Highway
ⓘ
numbered highway in the United States ⓘ |
| category |
U.S. Highways in Maryland
ⓘ
U.S. Highways in New York ⓘ U.S. Highways in North Carolina ⓘ U.S. Highways in Pennsylvania ⓘ U.S. Highways in Virginia ⓘ U.S. Highways in West Virginia ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| establishedIn | 1920s ⓘ |
| followsValley |
Appalachian Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Appalachian Valley
|
| hasJunctionWith |
Interstate 40
ⓘ
Interstate 68 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 73 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 74 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 81 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 99 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 1 ⓘ U.S. Route 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 30 ⓘ U.S. Route 58 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 6 ⓘ U.S. Route 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| highwayNumber | 220 ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
state departments of transportation of Maryland
ⓘ
state departments of transportation of New York ⓘ state departments of transportation of North Carolina ⓘ state departments of transportation of Pennsylvania ⓘ state departments of transportation of Virginia ⓘ state departments of transportation of West Virginia ⓘ |
| northernTerminus | Waverly, New York ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Interstate 68
ⓘ
surface form:
Interstate 68 in Maryland and West Virginia
Interstate 99 in Pennsylvania ⓘ U.S. Route 1 in North Carolina ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Altoona, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Bedford, Pennsylvania ⓘ Martinsville, Virginia ⓘ Roanoke, Virginia ⓘ Williamsport, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Maryland
ⓘ
New York ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Pennsylvania ⓘ Virginia ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ |
| region |
Appalachian region of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Appalachian region
Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ
surface form:
Mid-Atlantic United States
|
| southernTerminus | Rockingham, North Carolina ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: U.S. Route 220 Description of subject: U.S. Route 220 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Rockingham, North Carolina, to Waverly, New York, passing through several Mid-Atlantic and Appalachian states.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 220 in Virginia
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 220 in Pennsylvania
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 220 in Pennsylvania
this entity surface form:
U.S. Route 220 in Maryland